Pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment or prevention of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in patients which have been subjected to gastric bypass-surgery
AssigneeFit For Me B.V.
InventorSimon Willem Jaap HAMER
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Abstract
The present invention relates in a first aspect to a pharmaceutical composition and in a second aspect to a therapeutic combination for use in the treatment or prevention of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in patients which have been subjected to gastric bypass-surgery. A third aspect of the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition as such.
Claims22
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A method for the treatment or prevention of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in patients subjected to gastric bypass surgery, the method comprising administration of a composition comprising:
- (a) 250 to 500 μg of vitamin B12;
- (b) 0.5 to 1.5 mg of vitamin B6;
- and
- (c) 50 to 150 mg iron.
A method of treatment or prevention of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in patients subjected to gastric bypass-surgery, the method comprising:
- (a) administering a first unit dose comprising:
- (i) 250 to 500 μg of vitamin B12;
- (ii) 0.5 to 1.5 mg of vitamin B6;
- (iii) 50 to 150 mg of iron;
- (iv) less than 0.1 mg calcium;
- and
- (v) less than 0.1 μg vitamin K;
- and
- (b) administering a second unit dose comprising:
- (i) 450 to 3000 mg calcium;
- (ii) 5 to 15 μg vitamin D;
- and
- (iii) 50 to 250 μg vitamin K.
A method for the treatment or prevention of vitamin and mineral deficiencies in patients subjected to gastric bypass surgery, the method comprising daily administration of:
- (a) 250 to 500 μg of vitamin B12;
- (b) 0.5 to 1.5 mg of vitamin B6;
- and
- (c) 50 to 150 mg iron.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising:
- (a) 250 to 500 μg of vitamin B12;
- (b) 0.5 to 1.5 mg of vitamin B6;
- (c) 50 to 150 mg iron;
- (d) less than 0.1 mg calcium;
- and
- (e) less than less than 0.1 μg vitamin K.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.